Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-03-16
M E DI CAL INH l. A T q N
Combined with Constitutional Remedies.

OUR TREATMENT OF THE DISEASES
~ of the respiratory passages consists IN
he employ ment of Medical inhalation for
its direct effects on the diseased organs;
and, at the same time adopting such n.y.
piepic measures and administering such
medicines by the stomach as will most ef-
fectually purify the blood. give tone to
The nervous system. aud bHild up and
strengthen the general constitution. In
other words, we employ combined local
and general treatment.
What is Medicsal Inhalation? Before
stating briefly what Medical inhalation
is, we propose, in Ms few words as possible,
to state clearly " hat it is not.
Medical Inhalation IL not cure-all.
nostrum, or panacea. 1t Is not speclnc
rem edy for any disease. 1t is not quack
medicine or advertised to cure any or all
the ills that flesh is heir to, an intended to
fill the pockets of its proprietors. 1t is not
u talisman, whose possession 1nsureS he6ith
to its possessor without the intervention OF
sense or judgment. Medical Inhalation Is
none of these things.
Medical Iuhalation is simply aud solely
method of taking medicines by inhallng or
breathing them into the lungs instead OF
swallowing them into the stomach. BY In,
halstion, the proper medicines are applied
directly to the seat of the disease, in the
nose, throat or lungs; aud it is clear to
every reasoning person how peculiarly ap.
plicable limitation Is in the disorders OF
The organs named. If you have scalded or
burned the surface OF the body, or wounded
any limb or member, you do not swallow
the remedy intended to heal the disor-
ganized tissue. On the contrary, you apply
It directly to the seat of the wound or IN
jury Why then. when suffering from ca
tari of the nasal passages or throat, or al.
ficted wi h liberation of the lungs, should
you rely on medicines taken into the
stomach?
proper healing remedies to the seat of the
disease, but it applies the remedy In the
gaseous or vaporOus form, in which form,
as is well known, medicines act most power
fully. How much greater, for example, Is
the effect OF a drachm of chloroform, when
inhaled or breathed, than many times the
quantity when swallowed into the stomach.
The same is true of chlorine, OF iodine. and
of many other substances BY 1nhalat1on
the medicine is not poured into the stomach
and thence sent wandering through the
system in search of a malady which may be
mainly or entirely local one; but by this
method the proper remedy is applied di-
rectly. to the diseased organ. VINO. after
doubt that Inflammation and liberation OF
the air-tubes and air-cells, the direcs appli-
cation of the healing medicine by inhala.
tion to the disea sed pirts, is the correct and
the other hand, can be so irrational as to
believe that the proper and direct way to
reach the diseased surfaces of the air-
passages In this case. is by the way of the
stOmaCn1 fuySlolOSy tcdChCS uo tldb thC
membrane. or skin, lining the air-passages
of the nose, throat and lungs, is only
slightly modified form OF the same structure
as thai which covers the external surface
of the body. Why, then, should local treat
ment be proper and necessary for intam-
nations, congestiops and ulcerations OF the
one and not be equally 80 in the case OF the
other?
Our experience and success in treating
diseases Of the nose. throat and lungs. de-
monstrates, beyond all question, that the
true scientific treatment of these diseases is
that treatment which combines the local
effects of medical inhalation with the con
stitutional effects of systematic remedies,
given in the usual way by the stomach.
Que or both u ethods must be adopted as
the circumstances demand, and such RENE
dies must be employed as the experience
and judgment OF the physician have proved
to be proper in each particular case.
edicai Advocates of Inhalation.
Physicians who were educated twenty
years ago or more, and who have not kept
up with the times in the advance in medi-
cal science, have very little idea of the great
importance all leading writers now give TO
Medical Inhalation in the treatment OF pull
monary diseases: 10 sucn an eXtent Is tnis
true that no patient should intrust his case
to any physician who is not well prepared
and thoroughly equipped with everything
necessary for the administering OF the
proper remedies by the method OF inhala-
tion.
The numerous cures effected by inhala-
lation in cases seemingly past all help. and
the uniform success attending its use in
diseases of the respiratory organs, renders
1t obligatory on every nohest pnssiciaa; ps.;3 70
knowledge of the Inhalation. or, If that is
not possible, he is at least bound to decline
to treat such cases.
Among the most eminent physicians. of
the age who are fully awakened to the value
Of Madinal N h atiOn in these diseases are
the following:
DR.. La Roche, OF the Paris Academy of
Medicine; Dr. Frederick Langhsus, of Bar-
Archibald Dickson, of Edinburgh, Scotland
DR.. Richler, Dr. Cameron, Dr.. Gurdon Buck,
Prot. Albert khert, the celebrated DR..
Hughlings jackson; the venerable Or. O Rob.
Wells, Dr.. Hilton Flagge. Dr.. 6. p. Wood,
Drs. Fritsch and Hitzig. DR.. Fothergill, DR..
Richard Thompson, DR.. X. Carpenter,
Drs Anstie. Ball, Fuller, Lancereaux.
Fenwick, aud many others.
With scarcely a single exception every
medical authority OF eminence recognizes
the wonderful potency of this new method,
are certain to be thoroughly educated
therein. At present it is only few physi-
clans here aud there who have made "Dis-
eases of Respiration" a life study th,t are
ntted In any way TO employ the WOnuerful
resources of Medical Inhalation in the cure
of these diseases.
The Durability of Consumption.
For five years the celebrated DR.. I. H.
Bennett waa pathologist to the R yaI In
| firmary of Edinburgh. and In his great
work on "Consumption" he makes the fol-
lowing statement
During this period 1 made upwards OF
| 1000 post-mortem examinations of persons
dying from various diseases, and ! was
con stantly meeting with cases in which
found cavities in the lungs from consump.
cicatrized years before the death of the
subject Nature did not seem to have been
successful In restoring the wasted lung
su bstance, but the cavities were dried up,
the subject lived for years, with diminished
lung power it is true, but otherwise in good
health"